Department of Pediatrics

The department’s clinical programs span pediatric specialties. In addition to providing hospital-based care, faculty and staff aim to develop regional programs those facing food insecurity social determinants of health and early childhood interventions. The department opened a new ambulatory clinic along with a Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics, and it has a vision for a new bone marrow and stem cell transplant center along with a genetics institute. At the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, a joint center of UT Health Austin and Dell Children’s Medical Center, children in Austin can receive first-class care from a team of leading pediatric heart surgeons who are also on Dell Med’s faculty.

The pediatrics team educates compassionate, highly skilled physician leaders through Dell Medical School’s undergraduate and graduate medical education programs and faculty development with continuing education seminars for physicians. Faculty members also collaborate with the Center for Health Interprofessional Practice and Education.

Dell Med fosters an environment of multidisciplinary collaboration, innovation and discovery to enhance health care through scientific advances. The department’s faculty partners with other disciplines across UT campus and the medical school. The department has more than 300 research and quality-improvement projects from its clinical divisions and researchers. A monthly seminar provides updates on current research.

The department’s community and advocacy work is driven by the guiding principle of being the voice for children, aiming to achieve optimal physical and mental health and well-being for all Central Texas children through influence not only at an individual or family level, but also through interactions with the larger community, state and national contexts in which children live. Advocacy is woven throughout all pillars of the Department of Pediatrics.